Ship groups seek help for crew medical checks SINGAPORE's shipping industry has asked the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and health officials to provide a list of doctors prepared to board vessels needing crew and passenger health checks under strict, new Sars-related requirements.
Busan to get 11 new berths in bid to become logistics hub SOUTH Korea will establish a port authority at southern Busan and begin expanding berths at the country's largest port as part of its drive to become the logistics hub of north-east Asia.
Three Gorges Dam closed to shipping till June 15 SHIPPING will be suspended on China's Three Gorges Dam water areas from yesterday to June 15 as the reservoir is set to be filled, sources with China's shipping administration of the Three Gorges said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Regulators block Qantas plan to buy stake in Air NZ
AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand regulators rejected a plan by Qantas Airways to pay NZ$550 million for a stake in Air New Zealand, calling it 'highly anti-competitive'.
BA, Air France to ground Concorde for good
US travel agencies sue 21 carriers over commissions
Limited American-BA tie-up gets US nod
Lead engine for A380 meets test targets
Air Canada traffic plunges in March
Admiralty Casebook
Mooring ropes are part of ship ATRIBUNAL in Australia last month overruled a decision by the country's customs service that mooring ropes were not a part of a ship.
Ship groups seek help for crew medical checks SINGAPORE's shipping industry has asked the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and health officials to provide a list of doctors prepared to board vessels needing crew and passenger health checks under strict, new Sars-related requirements.
Busan to get 11 new berths in bid to become logistics hub SOUTH Korea will establish a port authority at southern Busan and begin expanding berths at the country's largest port as part of its drive to become the logistics hub of north-east Asia.
Three Gorges Dam closed to shipping till June 15 SHIPPING will be suspended on China's Three Gorges Dam water areas from yesterday to June 15 as the reservoir is set to be filled, sources with China's shipping administration of the Three Gorges said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Regulators block Qantas plan to buy stake in Air NZ
AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand regulators rejected a plan by Qantas Airways to pay NZ$550 million for a stake in Air New Zealand, calling it 'highly anti-competitive'.
BA, Air France to ground Concorde for good
US travel agencies sue 21 carriers over commissions
Limited American-BA tie-up gets US nod
Lead engine for A380 meets test targets
Air Canada traffic plunges in March
Admiralty Casebook
Mooring ropes are part of ship ATRIBUNAL in Australia last month overruled a decision by the country's customs service that mooring ropes were not a part of a ship.
Ship groups seek help for crew medical checks SINGAPORE's shipping industry has asked the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and health officials to provide a list of doctors prepared to board vessels needing crew and passenger health checks under strict, new Sars-related requirements.
Busan to get 11 new berths in bid to become logistics hub SOUTH Korea will establish a port authority at southern Busan and begin expanding berths at the country's largest port as part of its drive to become the logistics hub of north-east Asia.
Three Gorges Dam closed to shipping till June 15 SHIPPING will be suspended on China's Three Gorges Dam water areas from yesterday to June 15 as the reservoir is set to be filled, sources with China's shipping administration of the Three Gorges said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Regulators block Qantas plan to buy stake in Air NZ
AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand regulators rejected a plan by Qantas Airways to pay NZ$550 million for a stake in Air New Zealand, calling it 'highly anti-competitive'.
BA, Air France to ground Concorde for good
US travel agencies sue 21 carriers over commissions
Limited American-BA tie-up gets US nod
Lead engine for A380 meets test targets
Air Canada traffic plunges in March
Admiralty Casebook
Mooring ropes are part of ship ATRIBUNAL in Australia last month overruled a decision by the country's customs service that mooring ropes were not a part of a ship.
Chemical carrier case could drag on "This matter will be ongoing for months if not years," says an update from Odfjell ongoing investigations by the EU Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice into possible breaches of competition regulations.
MAN B&W order for Japanese ferry MAN B&W Diesel AG, Augsburg, Germany, has won an order from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for production and delivery of two 9L58/64 large-bore diesel engines.
Universe quits tankers after Prestige furore Uproar about the Prestige spill off Spain last year has forced the Greek owners and managers of the ill-starred vessel to withdraw from the tanker market, at least for the time being.
Iraq oil set to flow again within three months IRAQ'S southern oilfields and the Mina al Bakr tanker terminal will be brought back onstream in less than three months, US commanders claim.
P&O Nedlloyd's Seymour defects to P&O Ports The head of P&O Nedlloyd's North American operations has left to join P&O Ports, the latest of a number of top level defections from the loss-making liner shipping company to the profitable ports business.
Investors dismayed at Bergesen bid price Some Norwegian investment funds are unhappy with the value of the Sohmen family's $1.4bn bid for Bergesen, Norway's leading bulk shipping group.
Counter-terrorism measures instrumental in drug haul Canadian Customs has provided the first positive report that the systems developed to fight terrorism can be effective in the battle against drug smuggling too.
US Customs set to 'ramp up' 24hr rule inspections
China Merchants reports 10% net profit gain
NZ dockers make pests of themsleves
UK Government in firing line as terminals brace for Q3 volume surge
Mobile phones to act as port operations work terminals
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